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Birmingham
Drew Lehe
What is Urban Design?
Italian village
Street Design
Difference between a street Public art just helps even
and a road: street is a more
destination with life
Let shops put out sign
Trees provide shade cards like Revelator
Lighting provides safety Let restaurants put out tables
Birmingham needs street Not too wide; 2 lanes +
reform onstreet parking is all you
Road diet first and foremost,
need.
roads are too wide Sea of asphalt: not inviting,
Change the one-ways also dangerous
Widen sidewalks
On-street, angled parking With better density, can
afford brick-paved streets or
Provide some trash cans, some sidewalks
benches, make it a hospitable
place to be
Street Design
Instead of a few wide streets, use Streets are like an irrigation canal
many small ones, on small blocks of economic activity
Makes streets more walkable, If you want something to grow on
increases connectivity and your field, do you dig a few huge
alleviates traffic congestion canals (highways) or a lot of little
ones (neighborhood streets)?
Slows down cars, but allows them
to take more accurate route to
their goal
Cul-de-sacs are bad, reduce
connectivity and congest traffic
The Complete Neighborhood
Contains:
Park
Store
Restaurant
Housing
Offices
civic buildings (school, hospital,
police station, etc.)
Possibly light industrial
Within a short (10 minute) walk of
each other
The Strategy: Urban Infill
Sign that people come to the city Common gripe: retail spots in
*because they want to* Birmingham are too expensive for
local business owners
Disposable income
Gets people out, walking around,
interacting
A street with many people is safer
than a street with a few
Sense of culture, community,
sense of place and identity
Fills a vital niche in the Urban
Economy
The Need for Mass Transit